Friday, January 25, 2013

How to be an Influenster

As I’ve mentioned before and blogged about some of the products I received, Influenster is an exclusive community for trendsetters to share news, products, and reviews with the opportunity to be rewarded by brands. The sole purpose of Influenster is not just to receive free swag. The purpose is to test and sample these products, then share your honest reviews and opinions with other members of the Influenster community, on your blog, Twitter, Facebook, everywhere!

Step 1: Register for an Account

The first step is to sign up for an Influenster account. I believe you can request an invite through Influenster, but the easiest way and the way I got my start was to request an invite from an existing member. I was lucky enough to get an invite from one of the gals on the Makeuptalk forums. Each member is allowed 5 invites to send to friends (I still have remaining invites so comment below if you would like one!) These invites also help to boost your Influenster score (more on that later) depending on how active the members you invite participate.

Step 2: Connect Your Social Media Accounts

Once you’ve signed up, you can then begin connecting your social media accounts – blog URL, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. This helps Influenster determine how “influential” you are; the more influential the better!

Step 3: Unlock Expert Badges

Next, you’ll be allowed to unlock up to 5 Expert Badges and an unlimited number of LifeStage Badges. You should unlock the badges that are relevant to your life and what you feel you have expert knowledge in – this will help Influenster determine which VoxBox programs you are qualified for. Personally, I unlocked the Chowhound, High Spirits, Fashionista, Pop Culture, and Beauty Queen Expert Badges. For LifeStage Badges I unlocked Do-Good-Er, Collegiate, I Voted, and Book Club.

Once you’ve unlocked your badges you’ll want to increase your badge and Influenster scores. You can do this by writing reviews and answering questions in the areas you’ve unlocked badges in. The hardest part is then waiting to see if you get an invite to one of the VoxBox programs. I was pretty lucky in that I got a survey for the 2012 Holiday VoxBox program shortly after signing up.

Step 5: Review the VoxBox Products and Promote

After you receive your VoxBox you complete activities and brand challenges to increase your Influenster score and earn chances to win additional products. The more you engage, the better your chances of participating in future programs. Some of the tasks are as simple as “liking” the brand on Facebook while others require dedicated blog reviews.

It’s that simple! So far I’ve loved my experience with Influenster and the products I’ve gotten to try.

Leave any questions you may have about Influenster in the comments below. I’m more than happy to help! Also, if you’d like a personal invite, leave your email address in the comments below and I’ll send one your way!

37 comments:

Hello!! I recently heard about influenster but found it kind of difficult to figure out. Your post was really helpful. :) I requested an invite from the website and I guess I was expecting one right away.. but nope.. I would really appreciate if I could get one from you <3

I just started Influenster today. I have completed 12 Beauty Queen Badge Tasks and I still have a Beauty Queen Score of zero. What do I have to do to increase my score? BTW, I don't have a blog and I have a YouTube channel but only to watch videos, not create them.

I know this post is from almost a year ago, but I am new to Influenster and was wondering if you have any tips on increasing your influenster score? I understand that people have to find your reviews helpful and all but does that mean that I just sit back and wait for someone to say they like my review? Does writing more reviews increase my chances that someone will like it? I'm confused how this process works? I have spent all day on the website doing things and connecting my social networks and I still haven't even gotten one point on my score. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

And if anyone is still looking for an invite, I have two left but I think one must be for a guy.